Launch year 2011 Current supplier Touchfire, Inc. | Availability Available Last production year 2013 | |
Invented by Steve Isaac, Brad Melmon |
TouchFire is a physical iPad keyboard designed by two Seattle-based inventors, Steve Isaac and Brad Melmon. The company was financed via the crowd-funding website, Kickstarter, and raised $201,400 in two months. The keyboard gained notoriety because of its construction from transparent silicone with magnets that sticks onto an iPad’s on-screen keyboard. In 2013, TouchFire was listed as one of the “100 Brilliant Companies” by Entrepreneur magazine.
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